I used to watch horse races but won’t any more. Remember wonderful Barbaro? Broke his leg on the track. His owners tried very hard to keep him alive, but the leg didn’t heal. Had to put him down. My old boss had race horses. Big scandal: guys were caught electrocuting them in the field if they were not winners. I literally quit a very good job over that. Horses are wonderful to ride and enjoy and love, but not to murder.
Ruffian is the reason I never got into horse racing. It traumatized me as a kid.
Spare me.
Thoroughbred racehorses are the most pampered animals on the planet. Horses are natural runners. Sometimes they break down. If they are racehorses they get the most humane care possible. If they are wild horses, they just lie where they were injured until something comes along and eats them.
ML/NJ